Tag: Voting Rights Act

Lily Purqurian @lilypurq “You’re not Eric Holder, are you?” At the U.S. Attorney General Confirmation hearings on Jan. 28, Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn from Texas asked U.S. Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch what seemed to be the gnawing question on everybody’s mind. Lynch giggled and declined, rightfully reasserting her independence from current U.S. Attorney […]

By Ann Jacob, Staff Writer Last Wednesday, as the statue of Rosa Parks was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol building, people gathered across the street in front of the Supreme Court, to protest for the rights Parks vehemently fought for and are currently being debated in the Supreme Court case Shelby County v. Holder. According to […]